After a slow start in the first half of period 1, the Pens put on a dominate performance for the remainder of the game. Dominant in all phases of the game; offense, defense, PK, and goaltending.

Addition thoughts:

Geno had a hop in his game, hopefully this is the start of him picking up his game.Murray looked good on defense and has a bomb of a shot from the point.Kunitz and Dupuis, what can you say, their speed and tenacity is a thing to behold.Morrow looked better with Geno and Neal. Not expecting many points from him but he can help in other ways.Team defense was good, and goaltending excellent when it was needed.

- Murray & Morrow have brought elements that the Pens were missing, but it is apparent that they are slow skaters by Pens standards- Vokoun is back to making it look easy, I was thinking shutout after the first Pens goal- Super Duper is fated by the hockey gods to max out at 2 goal per game. I hope he can live with that. - Domination was evident for stretches last night, but that came from the combo of Jets poor and Pens good

Pitts wrote:The Crosby line was INSANE last night. Several times they had the Jets simply scratching their heads wondering what to do. They were far too fast for them to handle.

Geno and Neal were the same -- tooooo fast for the game! Morrow needs to get up to speed (or be replaced by Iginla)

Murray has a canon!

Despres looks good as usual.

The Crosby line out-classed the Jets last night and they had no answer. A lot of puck-watching and standing around in awe.

for people who want to insert Morrow or Iggy on that line...think again. It takes wingers who can really skate and are in constant motion to play with a center like Sid. Kunitz and Dupuis can do that and have the cardio to do it all game, every night. There's a lot of NHL players who can't and why break up a line that is simply killing it right now?

I'm not really understanding tracking this. 82% isn't good, it's actually right about at the middle of the league. It's also only slightly better than they've been over the whole season. I think the PK in the last few games has looked encouraging, though.

brwi wrote:for people who want to insert Morrow or Iggy on that line...think again. It takes wingers who can really skate and are in constant motion to play with a center like Sid. Kunitz and Dupuis can do that and have the cardio to do it all game, every night. There's a lot of NHL players who can't and why break up a line that is simply killing it right now?

After the past few games, I agree. Someone mentioned GPS chips -- it's like all 3 have them. They simply know exactly what they are doing out there and can do it a double-warp speed. It was mind-numbing to watch at times last night!

I'm not really understanding tracking this. 82% isn't good, it's actually right about at the middle of the league. It's also only slightly better than they've been over the whole season. I think the PK in the last few games has looked encouraging, though.

It's way better than it was at the beginning. I'm more posting it to keep it straight in my head. I thought they were looking great and probably top 5 in the league over the streak. However they weren't. If you take the last 10 games though I'm sure it's better than 82% because the high scoring games to start the streak wouldn't be in there.

relantel wrote:The streak has seen a marked improvement in goals against. They were at 3.0 GAPG at one point early in the streak, and have fallen to 2.4 GAPG.

Yep. The real streak that I care about is at 10 straight giving up less than three goals. They've only given up as many as two in two of those games. Quite an unbelievable turnaround and encouraging that it continued with Malkin coming back last night. They've been facing pretty good offensive teams too. If they can avoid the prolonged stretches where they're giving up 3-4 goals a game, they are going to be extremely hard to beat.

At the game, it looked like Sid was trying to get his linemates all the points he could, just in case, they are not together longer. 20 goals for Kunitz done, 3 more needed for Super Duper. REspectfully, they are in 3rd, 5th position in goals scored~ for the entire NHL. AS M.C. sang~ "U Can't touch this!"

Great to have #71 swooping along the ice again, Gene looks good.

I want the Mark Eaton vitamins. He is playing solid D. The entire group, another terrific game. Brooks, baseball is approaching, but batting practice not allowed at the consol.

*about the montreal game, it was 1971 when a Montreal team was shutout in Pittsburgh, 1 - zero.

Hopefully Jarome Iginla (think gin) was watching and will appreciate the players and fans here in Pittsburgh. the Game at 3 nothing and Kunitz, adams and duper all going to the ice to blocks shots. Jarome has been given a great opportunity, whether for the cup run or longer.